Flower Quotes by Walter Scott

Welcome as the flowers in May.

— Walter Scott

We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

— Walter Scott

Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.

— Walter Scott

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his…

— Walter Scott

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

— Walter Scott

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

— Walter Scott

The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest…

— Walter Scott

The summer dawn's reflected hue To purple changed Lock Katrine blue, Mildly and soft the western breeze Just kiss'd the lake, just…

— Walter Scott

Adversity is like the period of the rain. . . cold, comfortless, unfriendly to people and to animals; yet from that season…

— Walter Scott

The tear, down childhood's cheek that flows, Is like the dewdrop on the rose; When next the summer breeze comes by And…

— Walter Scott

Come forth, old man,--thy daughter's side Is now the fitting place for thee: When time has quell'd the oak's bold pride, The…

— Walter Scott

Here eglantine embalm'd the air, Hawthorne and hazel mingled there; The primrose pale, and violet flower, Found in each cliff a narrow…

— Walter Scott